"Pfff!"
Spewing out another mouthful of blood, Xia Lie Yang's red eyes turn bloodshot, as he raises a roar, and rotates his cultivation base fiercely.
Tapping into his essence of life, Xia Lie Yang's wounds close at an extraordinary rate, and sensing this, Long Hua smiles in a sadistic manner, as he has the Divinity Idol draw the Emperor's Spear back.
As sword Qi shrouds the tip of the Emperor's Spear, the Divinity Idol drives it towards the Dao Idol's chest once more, and this time—
*Boom!!!!!!!!* the spear manages to puncture through the Dao Idol's chest—just barely avoiding Xia Lie Yang's body!
And as if to boast about its victory, the Divinity Idol raises the Dao Idol off its feet, and twists the spear that is still lodged in the latter's chest—causing red flames to spew outwards like droplets of blood!
"Moon!"
Following Long Hua's shout, a giant bloodstained moon manifests behind the Dao Idol's back, along with a colossal body of water.
"Dwelling within the Lake!"
Driving the entirety of the spearhead through the Dao Idol's chest—
*Boom!!!!!!!!!* Long Hua pierces the bloodstained moon, causing it to detonate into numerous threads of black and white sword Qi, and—
"Aaaaarrrgghh!!!"
In a merciless manner, these threads of sword Qi, along with the body of waters, the two forces simultaneously drown the Dao Idol—causing Xia Lie Yang to scream in pain!
"People who possesses powerful regenerative abilities like you, they're this god's favorite because they're all able to take a longer beating."
Saying this, a cold gleam emanates from Long Hua's eyes, as he mutters—
"Moon's Shadow…"
As if the flow of time had come to a halt, all the sword Qi threads—along with the body of waters, paused their movements for a brief instance, prior to gathering together, to reform a black moon behind the Dao Idol.
*Kakakaka!!!* and similarly to an egg, cracks appear throughout the dark moon's body, as it detonates once more—to release black sword Qi threads!
Just as the black sword Qi threads peel—to reveal a pale white surface beneath the lunar body, Long Hua executes the second portion of this sword art that he had improvised.
"Symbolizes Its Return."
Following these words—
*Boom!!!!!!!!!* the pale white moon explodes—releasing a scalp-numbing amount of white sword Qi threads!
Similarly, to a wooden sculpture that is pressed against a grinder, the Dao Idol is shaved out of existence by the sword Qi threads; and with its destruction, Xia Lie Yang emerges to fall towards the ground—covered in laceration wounds.
"…"
Narrowing his eyes, Long Hua thought—
(Incomplete, not worth calling a genuine sword art.)
Heaving a sigh, Long Hua chases after Xia Lie Yang.
...…
Back at the village—
"Elder Lie Yang…?"
"Lost?"
Witnessing Xia Lie Yang's fall, the Ling Yuan family's practitioners can't help but widen their eyes in astonishment.
And with their enemies' morale suffering a crushing blow—
"Charge!"
"Kill them all!"
The weapon spirits charge forth with greater vigor.
...…
In the same instance, Zhou Chen and Yang Ning—after clearing the forest of practitioners, return to the village, while stringing a mixed squad of military personnel and dolls along.
Observing the situation, Zhou Chen takes out a communications device, and orders for—
"Self-destruct the remaining dolls, 30 second countdown."
[Orders received.]
Receiving this order, the personnel on the other side is quick to input the appropriate command.
Simultaneously, all the military dolls behind Zhou Chen and Yang Ning straighten their backs, and charge forth to hug onto the nearest practitioner.
"Uh?"
"What's going on with these things?"
"Let go of me, dammit!"
Alarmed to be hugged onto, the practitioners' reactions varied between annoyance and confusion.
Momentarily—
*Boom! Boom! Boom!* all the military dolls self-destruct!
...…
"Tch, there's still too many of them…"
Although the practitioners' numbers have been thinned out, Shao Tianming still finds their sum to be more than what they can hope to handle, as he cuts another one down with his halberd.
Cutting down a practitioner himself, Wang Yongning replies—
"Quit whining…"
*Klang!* blocking off a practitioner's strike, Chen Lan remarks—
"Sir Wang, you're not in any state to continue yourself…"
Following Chen Lan's remark, Li Zi Xiang swings her chain whip, to cleave the practitioner that is on the former in half, while remarking—
"Let's just be glad that the level-whatever has been taken care of by that deity…"
"…"
Glancing at the supposed deity, Shao Tianming frowns.
The appearance of this deity—in the way the former carries themselves, it's somewhat reminiscent of the Ashen River Hall's hall master.
Towards Li Zi Xiang's remark, Zhang Yong asks—
"You sure that deity is on our side though?"
Pushing a practitioner back, and having Li Xue finish them off, Ye Chen replies—
"Who cares at this point? Our world may as well be screwed from every possible angle…"
If there are more practitioners of Xia Lie Yang's strength, or just Qing Yu Long's in general—to be revealed, Ye Chen doesn't see this world to stand any chances against them.
As for the supposed deity, Ye Chen can't help but feel like the former isn't on this world's side.
*Klang!!!* swinging her spear to throw off two practitioners, Li Xue remarks—
"Way to be negative…"
"Can't be helped."
Raising her voice, Hui'er shouts—
"I got Carps here if anyone wants them as a last resort!"
Recalling this to be the odd drug—that was produced by the Ashen River Hall by mimicking the Spirit Extracts' properties, Ye Chen raises an eye.
Under normal circumstances, those who have already awakened to their Weapon Spirit True Body states wouldn't bother to use these drugs; however—
"Over here!"
Towards Li Zi Xiang, Hui'er tosses her a needleless syringe.
"Here as well!"
"Toss me one!"
Rather quickly, more hands were raised into the air, and upon receiving the syringes, the weapon spirits would stab themselves on the wrist without hesitation.
For the most part, those who had infused themselves with these drugs received a sharp increase in their physical abilities.
As for the not-so-fortunate—
"Uh!"
"Ack…!"
Their Relics shattered a few seconds after the injection.
...…
Amidst the chaotic battlefield—
"The enemy side's strongest combatant is down!"
"Now is the time to press on the assault!"
It is mainly the villagers of the Serpent Deity Village that showed the greatest spirit—having seen their supposed deity emerge victorious against Xia Lie Yang.
"…"
"…"
Watching their fellow villagers—led by Zhu Xu and Yang Hai, pumped with adrenaline, as a result of Long Hua's victory, Hui Sang and Xu Tian Kun can't help but have mixed feelings about everything.
"Is this really a good thing, Ancestor Xu?"
"At this point, I really don't know…"